Nagitha Ekanayake

501 total citations
20 papers, 325 citations indexed

About

Nagitha Ekanayake is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Radiation and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nagitha Ekanayake has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 325 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 6 papers in Radiation and 6 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nagitha Ekanayake's work include Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (12 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (7 papers) and Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (6 papers). Nagitha Ekanayake is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (12 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (7 papers) and Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (6 papers). Nagitha Ekanayake collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Nagitha Ekanayake's co-authors include Marcos Dantus, Benjamin G. Levine, Muath Nairat, Kanaka Raju P., Christopher A Mancuso, T. Severt, Daniel Rolles, Bethany Jochim, James E. Jackson and I. Ben-Itzhak and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Nagitha Ekanayake

18 papers receiving 319 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nagitha Ekanayake United States 9 288 168 59 32 30 20 325
Peyman Feizollah United States 9 326 1.1× 243 1.4× 25 0.4× 32 1.0× 26 0.9× 15 374
Reika Kanya Japan 10 252 0.9× 86 0.5× 56 0.9× 24 0.8× 35 1.2× 25 277
K. Y. Franzen Sweden 10 207 0.7× 99 0.6× 35 0.6× 40 1.3× 27 0.9× 27 248
R. Zerne Sweden 12 341 1.2× 133 0.8× 74 1.3× 53 1.7× 68 2.3× 22 415
Karel Houfek Czechia 11 318 1.1× 101 0.6× 28 0.5× 70 2.2× 38 1.3× 37 361
Sizuo Luo China 15 501 1.7× 262 1.6× 56 0.9× 31 1.0× 56 1.9× 69 537
J.W.J. Verschuur Netherlands 10 285 1.0× 114 0.7× 71 1.2× 74 2.3× 47 1.6× 30 360
Kanaka Raju P. United States 9 360 1.3× 257 1.5× 28 0.5× 8 0.3× 26 0.9× 17 383
I. Bocharova United States 9 508 1.8× 259 1.5× 58 1.0× 93 2.9× 47 1.6× 19 604
Atsushi Kosuge Japan 5 272 0.9× 73 0.4× 104 1.8× 67 2.1× 13 0.4× 12 329

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nagitha Ekanayake

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bromage, J., S.-W. Bahk, M. Barczys, et al.. (2025). Laser system design and critical technologies for the NSF OPAL project. 19–19.
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Ekanayake, Nagitha, et al.. (2023). Design and optimization of a high-energy optical parametric amplifier for broadband, spectrally incoherent pulses. Optics Express. 31(11). 17848–17848. 3 indexed citations
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Samanta, Amit, Armando D. Estillore, Christopher Passow, et al.. (2023). Time-Resolved Single-Particle X-ray Scattering Reveals Electron-Density Gradients As Coherent Plasmonic-Nanoparticle-Oscillation Source. Nano Letters. 23(13). 5943–5950. 8 indexed citations
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Rottke, H., Daniel Schick, Piter S. Miedema, et al.. (2022). Probing electron and hole colocalization by resonant four-wave mixing spectroscopy in the extreme ultraviolet. Science Advances. 8(20). eabn5127–eabn5127. 8 indexed citations
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Hennes, Marcel, Renaud Delaunay, Nicolas Jaouen, et al.. (2021). Toward ultrafast magnetic depth profiling using time-resolved x-ray resonant magnetic reflectivity. Structural Dynamics. 8(3). 34305–34305. 9 indexed citations
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Ekanayake, Nagitha, et al.. (2019). Quantum coherent control of H3+ formation in strong fields. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 150(4). 44303–44303. 13 indexed citations
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Ekanayake, Nagitha, T. Severt, Muath Nairat, et al.. (2018). H2 roaming chemistry and the formation of H3+ from organic molecules in strong laser fields. Nature Communications. 9(1). 5186–5186. 93 indexed citations
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Ekanayake, Nagitha, et al.. (2018). Molecular ionization of chloromethane in strong fields: nearest neighbor gateway to highly charged ions. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 51(16). 165601–165601. 6 indexed citations
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Ekanayake, Nagitha, et al.. (2018). Substituent effects on H3+ formation via H2 roaming mechanisms from organic molecules under strong-field photodissociation. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 149(24). 244310–244310. 33 indexed citations
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Lechner, Christoph, V. Miltchev, Nagitha Ekanayake, et al.. (2017). Mapping few-femtosecond slices of ultra-relativistic electron bunches. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 5 indexed citations
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Ekanayake, Nagitha, Muath Nairat, B. Kaderiya, et al.. (2017). Mechanisms and time-resolved dynamics for trihydrogen cation (H 3 +) formation from organic molecules in strong laser fields. K-State Research Exchange (Kansas State University). 2017. 1 indexed citations
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Ekanayake, Nagitha, Muath Nairat, B. Kaderiya, et al.. (2017). Mechanisms and time-resolved dynamics for trihydrogen cation (H3 +) formation from organic molecules in strong laser fields. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 4703–4703. 75 indexed citations
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Brenner, Günter, Nagitha Ekanayake, B. Faatz, et al.. (2016). Free-electron laser multiplex driven by a superconducting linear accelerator. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 23(5). 1070–1075. 8 indexed citations
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Hacker, Kirsten, Shaukat Khan, Christoph Lechner, et al.. (2015). Measurements and simulations of seeded electron microbunches with collective effects. Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams. 18(9). 4 indexed citations
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Lechner, Christoph, Armin Azima, Markus Drescher, et al.. (2014). Demonstration of SASE Suppression Through a Seeded Microbunching Instability. DESY (CERN, DESY, Fermilab, IHEP, and SLAC).
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Ekanayake, Nagitha, et al.. (2013). Electron Shell Ionization of Atoms with Classical, Relativistic Scattering. Physical Review Letters. 110(20). 203003–203003. 18 indexed citations
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Ekanayake, Nagitha, Bin Wen, Lauren E. Howard, et al.. (2012). Rescattering nonsequential ionization of Ne3+, Ne4+, Ne5+, Kr5+, Kr6+, Kr7+, and Kr8+in a strong, ultraviolet, ultrashort laser pulse. Physical Review A. 86(4). 11 indexed citations
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Ekanayake, Nagitha, Bin Wen, Lauren E. Howard, et al.. (2011). Dependence of carbon fragments from methane in strong and ultrastrong elliptically polarized laser fields. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 44(4). 45604–45604. 4 indexed citations
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Mitchell, R. E., Nagitha Ekanayake, Lauren E. Howard, et al.. (2010). Ionization of ethane, butane, and octane in strong laser fields. Physical Review A. 82(4). 9 indexed citations
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DiChiara, Anthony D., et al.. (2010). Photoionization by an ultraintense laser field: Response of atomic xenon. Physical Review A. 81(4). 17 indexed citations

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